The following issues with the current socket layer hinders socket diagnostics implementation, which led to this patch series. The series does not add any functional change.
1. tipc socket state is derived from multiple variables like sock->state, tsk->probing_state and tsk->connected. This style forces us to export multiple attributes to the user space, which has to be backward compatible. 2. Abuse of sock->state cannot be exported to user-space without requiring tipc specific hacks in the user-space. - For connection less (CL) sockets sock->state is overloaded to tipc state SS_READY. - For connection oriented (CO) listening socket sock->state is overloaded to tipc state SS_LISTEN. This series is split into three: 1. A bug fix in patch-1 2. Express all tipc states using a single variable. This is done in patch#2-5. 3. Migrate the new tipc states to sk->sk_state. This is done in patch#6-12. The figures below represents the FSM after this series: Unconnected Sockets: +------------------+ +--------------------+ | TIPC_UNCONNECTED |------->| TIPC_DISCONNECTING | +------------------+ +--------------------+ Stream Server Listening Socket: +------------------+ +-------------+ | TIPC_UNCONNECTED |------->| TIPC_LISTEN | +------------------+ +-------------+ | +--------------------+ | | TIPC_DISCONNECTING |<-----------+ +--------------------+ Stream Server Data Socket: +-----------------+ +------------------+ |TIPC_UNCONNECTED |------> | TIPC_ESTABLISHED |<---+ +-----------------+ +------------------+ | ^ | | | | | +----------+ | v +------------------+ +-------------+ |TIPC_DISCONNECTING|<-----|TIPC_PROBING | +------------------+ +-------------+ Stream Socket Client: +-----------------+ +-----------------+ |TIPC_UNCONNECTED |------>| TIPC_CONNECTING | +-----------------+ +-----------------+ | | v +------------------+ | TIPC_ESTABLISHED |<---+ +------------------+ | ^ | | | | | +---------+ | v +------------------+ +-------------+ |TIPC_DISCONNECTING|<-----|TIPC_PROBING | +------------------+ +-------------+ NOTE: This is just a base refractoring required for socket diagnostics. Implementation of TIPC socket diagnostics will be sent as a separate series. v2: - Address comments from Ying Xue <ying....@windriver.com> in patch #4, #5, #12. - Added a note that the socket diagnostics will be sent as another series. v1: - I base the following patch series as the first version: [RFC PATCH v1 00/12] tipc: create socket FSM using sk_state only Parthasarathy Bhuvaragan (12): tipc: set kern=0 in sk_alloc() during tipc_accept() tipc: rename tsk->remote to tsk->peer for consistent naming tipc: remove tsk->connected for connection less sockets tipc: remove tsk->connected from tipc_sock tipc: remove probing_intv from tipc_sock tipc: remove socket state SS_READY tipc: create TIPC_LISTEN as a new sk_state tipc: create TIPC_PROBING/TIPC_ESTABLISHED as new sk_states tipc: create TIPC_UNCONNECTED as a new sk_state tipc: create TIPC_DISCONNECTING as a new sk_state tipc: create TIPC_CONNECTING as a new sk_state tipc: remove SS_CONNECTED sock state include/uapi/linux/tipc.h | 12 ++ net/tipc/socket.c | 340 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------- 2 files changed, 205 insertions(+), 147 deletions(-) -- 2.1.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What NetFlow Analyzer can do for you? Monitors network bandwidth and traffic patterns at an interface-level. Reveals which users, apps, and protocols are consuming the most bandwidth. Provides multi-vendor support for NetFlow, J-Flow, sFlow and other flows. Make informed decisions using capacity planning reports. http://sdm.link/zohodev2dev _______________________________________________ tipc-discussion mailing list tipc-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tipc-discussion